Rail chair and clamp



. Jam, 26 1926.

WITNESS:

1,571,141 A. J. PARK RAIL CHAIR AND CLAMP Filed May 2, 1924 INVENTOR myM W I V v ATTORNEY Patented Jan. 26, 1926.

PATENT OFFICE.

ANDREW J. PARK, 01? PUEBLO, COLORADO.

. BAIL CHAIR AND CLAMP.

Application filed May 2,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ANDREW J. PARK, a citizen of the United States,residing at Pueblo, in the county of Pueblo and State of Colorado, haveinvented new and useful Improvements in Rail Chairs and Clamps, )f whichthe following is a specification.

The object of this invention is to produce a combined chair and jointfor railway rails comprising members connected to the rails andextending the entire length of the track, and wherein the joints betweenthe rails and the members are broken so that a practically continuousrail is produced.

To the attainment of the foregoing, the invention consists in theimprovement as hereinafter described and definitely claimed.

In the drawings Figure 1. is a perspective view showing the improvementsecured on the rails of a track and spiked to the ties therefor.

Figure 2 is a transverse sectional view through the improvement asapplied to a rail.

In the drawings the rails of a railway track are indicated by thenumeral 1, and the supporting ties therefor by the numeral 2. Byreference to Figure 1 of the drawing itwill be seen that myin'lprovernent is designed to extend the entire length of the track andthat the improvement is arranged on the rails in a manner whereby thejoints of the elements constituting the same are broken, and likewisethe said improvement breaks the joints between the confronting ends ofthe rails, and consequently provides a rail plate and brace chair whichaffords a substantially continuous rail.

The improvement is preferably construct ed of sections equalling thelength of the rails 1. The improvements contemplates members, each ofwhich includes a base 3 channeled to receive the base of the railtherein. The base, on its outer edge is integrally formed with aninwardly disposed angle flange 4 which rests on the top of the outerflange of the rails 1. From the flange 4 the improvement is providedwith an upstanding plate 5 that terminates in a thickened head 6. Thehead underlies the head of the ra l on the outer side of the said 1924.Serial No. 710,654.

rail. The base 3 is continued outwardly from its flange 5 and isprovided with openings that receive therethrough spikes 7 that enter theties 2. At the joints of the rails 1, and at the joints of the sectionsconstituting my improvement I arrange in the fishing spaces on the innersides of the rails angle fish plates 8 and 9. The fish plates 9 whichare arranged at the joints of the rails 1 are longer than the fishplates 8 which are arranged opposite the joints of my improvement, andthrough these fish plates there are passed the ordinary bolts which areengaged by the usual nuts. Four bolts are passed through the fish plates9, while two are passed through the fish plate 8, this number beingdeemed sufficient to connect the connecting ends of the improvement.

The inner flange of the base 3 of the improvement is notched atdetermined intervals, as indicated by the numeral 10. These notchesprovide for the passage of pinch bars beneath the flanges of the railsand to assist in the arrangement of the rails in the improvement or theremoval of the rails therefrom.

Having claim In combination with the rails of a railway track, of ameans for bracing and providing a substantially continuous rail,comprising members of a length approximately equalling the length of therails, each of said members having a channeled base to receive the baseof the rails therein, an outer angle flange to contact with the flangeof the rail, a plate projecting from the flange and terminating in ahead to underlie the head of the rail, said members designed to havetheir ends disposed opposite the confrontingends of the rails, fishplates in the inner fishing spaces of the rails bolted to the members atthe confronting ends thereof and likewise bolted to the members at theconfronting ends of the rails, spikes securing the members on the ties,and said members having their base portions on their inner sidesnotched, for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I alfix my signature.

ANDREW .J. PARK.

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